• Japanese nuclear authorities have rated the disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant a seven on the International Nuclear Event Scale. (Chernobyl was also a seven; Three Mile Island was a five.) This rating means that scientists believe the accident will lead to “widespread health and environmental effects.” [The New York Times]

• Steve Carell’s final episode of The Office will feature Will Ferrell and run twice its normal amount of time. The April 28th episode of Parks and Recreation will be 40-minutes long, though it will not feature Will Ferrell. [Deadline Hollywood Daily]

• Longshot 2012 presidential contender Michele Bachmann is fine with one term, and doesn’t even really need or want the second. “I am committed to being a one-term president if that’s what it takes in order to turn things around, because this is not about a personal ambition.” [Gawker]

• Meanwhile, in modern American tragedies: “Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss must accept their $65 million settlement from Facebook and move on.” Heartbreaking. [CNN]